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R. A. MILNE & P. H. BEDFORD.

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RUSSELL A. MILNE AND FRANK H. BEDFORD, OF DETRGIT, MICHIGAN.

Application iled January 22, 1910. Serial No. 539,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RUSSELL A. MILNE and FRANK H. BEDFORD, citizens of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of NVa'yne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the a'rt to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had `to the accompanying drawings, and' to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification,

This invention relates to valves, and consists -in the construction and arrangement hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention isto provide a valve of the globe type of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction, wherein the arrangement is such as to insure a perfect seating of the valve, and wherein provision is made for so moving or turning the valve as it is operated as to conture illust-rated in the accompanying draw-V ings, in which :-v

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a valve and its pipe connections embodying our invention, the valve being shown in the close l position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the valve raised from its seat.

`'Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates the valve ease of an ordinary globe valve wherein is the usual dividing partition' 2. Formed through said partition is an opening 3 which connects the induct and educt sides of the valve chamber with which the pipes 4 and 5 respectively communicate. Screwed into the boss 6 of the valve case is a plug 7 tllrough which passes the stein 8, said stem havingy a thread 9 which works in the plug'? to raise andlower said stein as the vhand wheel 10 at the upper end thereof is turned. The valve stein passes through -the usual stalling box 11 to prevent the escape of luid therearoi'ind.`

The valve. comprises a steel ball l2 adapted to scat in the, opening 3. Embracing Said hall below the center thereof is a ring 13, the opening through which is of such size as to prevent the passage of the lball therethrough. Extending upwardly from the ring 13 are the fingers 14 which are attached to an upper ring 15,.said rings,- together with the connecting ingers, forming a cage whichsconfines the ball in place, but

Patented June c, 1911@ in which said ball is loosely held. `The upi per `ring 15 is internallgr threaded and screwed thereinto is a block 16 having a ooncaved under face adapted to fit over the arc of the ball. VThe block 16 projects some distance Vabove the ring 15 of the ball cage and is threaded to receive the hollow nut 17 which is screwed thereon and within which is confined the flanged head 18 at the lower end of the valve stem, the arrangement being such as to eifect a swivel connection between sa'id stem and the valve cage. By this arrangement the ball :is freely held within the cage so as to revolve therein, but is prevented dropping from the cage -owing to the small diameter of the lower ring 13. lVhen the valve is closed through the rotation of the' stem 8, it is crowded onto its seat by engagement of the block 16 with the upper arc thereof, as

shown in F ig. 1, the lower end of'thevalve the presentation to the vallve seat of a new surface upon the ballffva ve each time the valve is opened and closed, obviating any unequal 4wearing of the ball and insuring a perfect closure at all times when the valve is seated.

Having thus fully set forth our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A valve eomprisinga valve case having a \valvc seat therein, a valve stem rotatable in and vertically movable through said case, said stem being provided with a flanged head at its lower end, a valve cage tapped at its lupper end, a block screwed into the tapped upper end of said cage and engaged by the lower end of the valve stem, a hollow nut screwed onto the upper end of said b lock and loosely embracing the flanged head of the valve stern, block having a.l coneavity in its under face, and a ball In testimony whereof, We sign this specivalve loosely confined Within Said cage cation in the resence of two Witnesses.`

adapted to be received in the concavity 1n USSELL A. MILNE. said block when the valve is closed, said FRANK H. BEDFORD. valve being actuted to close upon the valve Witnesses:

seat and rise therefrom as the valve stem is I. Gr. HOWLE'H,

moved vertically. 4 O. B.V BAENZIGER. 

